Rajit Kapoor played Byomkesh Bakshy in the hit television series on the detective that we have grown up on, while Sushant is playing the detective in Dibakar Banerjee’s film that hit screens today.

Sushant, Rajit and Dibakar met up and interacted at length. They discussed Byomkesh Bakshy, how it was to play the iconic character and their experience during the shoot. Dibakar Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is set in Kolkata 1943, in the back drop of the Second World War.

The movie has been garnering mixed reviews. Where some people have slammed the movie black and blue, some critics have loved the movie stupendously. What about you BollywoodLifers? Have you seen Detective Byomkesh Bakshy yet?

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/when-detective-byomkesh-bakshys-sushant-singh-rajput-met-the-iconic-rajit-kapoor/feed/05 mysteries Detective Byomkesh Bakshy needs to solve RIGHT NOW!http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/5-mysteries-that-sushant-singh-rajputs-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-needs-to-solve-right-now/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/5-mysteries-that-sushant-singh-rajputs-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-needs-to-solve-right-now/#commentsFri, 03 Apr 2015 01:50:26 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=491192Here are some of the most funny yet unsolved mysteries of the film and TV world. We haven’t been able to solve them yet and we surely would like Mr Bakshy to prove his prowess in spying by solving them…

Dibakar Banerjee’s upcoming film is all set to bring back the detective genre back to films. While celebs are going gaga over Sushant Singh Rajput’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, we have our personal challenge for the spy. Yes, you read that right!

We have been bugged by these funny mysteries since ages and are utterly confused. So we need some brainstorming from you Mr Bakshy. Are you up for the challenge?

Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif’s engagement

Ranbir and Katrina have been said to have gotten engaged since the day they shifted in together to their love nest. Post that when a picture of Katrina wearing a heavy ring on her finger emerged, people speculated that it was her engagement ring, but no one commented anything about the same. So it will be great Mr Bakshy if you could clarify this mystery for us.

Salman Khan’s marriage

Salman came close to getting married many a times, but never did he sign on the dotted line. With every picture of his that comes with some girl, we are psyched thinking as to whether she is going to be Mrs Salman Khan or not. And now that Salman has been doing this for the past 25 years or so, we have gotten tired. It will be immense help Mr Bakshy, if you could solve this never-ending mystery for us.

Karan Johar’s sexual orientation

Karan has time and again made media go frenzy with his witty answers when asked about this question on his sexual orientation. He has joked about the same and taken it in a friendly manner and we adore him for the same. Also recently, with the AIB Roast video going viral, he took the confusion to a completely different level altogether. We really want to give this question a rest from our books when we met KJo. Could you solve this for us Mr Bakshy?

Raman and Ishita Bhalla’s consummation

Raman and Ishita have been the cutest and loved couple of the TV industry. Their love affair started from abject hate to a complete head over heels love affair. But throughout the serial’s existence, they have had awkward instances where they are about to kiss and make out, but something or the other comes up and they are eluded from having sex. We are really awaiting for the day when they will be able to do so. So a little heads up on the same would be a lot of benefit for us Mr Bakshy.

Abbas Mustan’s dress code

Abbas Mustan, the famous director duo have always maintained a color code for their attire—white. Yes! They never wear anything apart from white anytime. Some people say that it’s a religious thing and therefore they maintain the same. But there isn’t any confirmation on the same ever. It’s a great mystery and we would love you to solve it for us Mr Bakshy.

So here are our five Bollywood mysteries that we want Sushant Singh Rajput and Dibakar Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy to solve RIGHT NOW!

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/5-mysteries-that-sushant-singh-rajputs-detective-byomkesh-bakshy-needs-to-solve-right-now/feed/1Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! director Dibakar Banerjee takes a dig at the British Rajhttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-director-dibakar-banerjee-takes-a-dig-at-the-british-raj/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-director-dibakar-banerjee-takes-a-dig-at-the-british-raj/#respondThu, 02 Apr 2015 13:30:36 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=492029Sushant Singh Rajput’s upcoming film is making a lot of buzz not just in India but also in the United Kingdom. Read on to find out why…

Dibakar Banerjee takes dig at the British Raj in his next film Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! Sushant Singh Rajput plays the iconic detective, Byomkesh Bakshy in the film, who solves crime during pre-Independence era. But that’s not what’s bothering the Brits. So what is it?

Actually SSR’s character has a dog in the film who is named Winston. The dog is named after the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, taking a dig at the British ruling India. Dibakar Banerjee’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! is set in 1943, during the second world war when the British were ruling India and exactly that time only Churchill was the PM of Britain.

Dibakar’s dig at the British Raj is very subtle and thus shouldn’t cause a lot of troubles. Apart from this there is a lot of intrigue around the film that promises viewers to expect the unexpected. The film is set for release on April 3, 2015. We can’t wait to watch this film, what about you BollywoodLifers?

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-director-dibakar-banerjee-takes-a-dig-at-the-british-raj/feed/0Sushant Singh Rajput: Maybe I am boring when compared to Varun Dhawan or Sidharth Malhotra!http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/sushant-singh-rajput-maybe-i-am-boring-when-compared-to-varun-dhawan-or-sidharth-malhotra/
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/sushant-singh-rajput-maybe-i-am-boring-when-compared-to-varun-dhawan-or-sidharth-malhotra/#commentsThu, 02 Apr 2015 01:50:26 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=491286The Detective Byomkesh Bakshy actor opened up to me about his upcoming magnum opus, his friends in the industry, girlfriend Ankita Lokhande and life in general. Watch the full video interview right below to know more about your favourite SSR…

Having to wait for four hours at the YRF studios does make me go mad, but when the wait is for interviewing THE Detective Byomkesh Bakshy, Sushant Singh Rajput, I don’t mind. After himself being awake since five in the morning, this handsome dude was as jolly and frolic as ever. With a smile he offered to do the interview.

In his inimitable style he spoke about studio restrictions, his peers Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra and girlfriend Ankita Lokhande. With a power of being able to make me laugh with every answer of his, the dishy dude went on to give me a lot of gossip even without actually saying it. Here are a few excerpts from the tete-a-tete…

A detective film in this proportion hasn’t been made before in Bollywood. What sort of response from the audience are you expecting?

I don’t agree that such kind of a film hasn’t been done before in Bollywood, but yes, this film is a very nice mix of something that’s very period from the core as well as contemporary on the outlook. That’s a very new innovative way of showing such a film. We are coming with that newness. Also the way Dibakar has shown things in 1943 Calcutta, it will make the audiences even more interested in watching this film.

As everything was from such an old era, were there instances during the shoot, where you felt like had this been in 2015, we would have done it so easily?

Of course. In today’s world we have so many things we can’t do without. Say a cellphone or a tv or automatic cars or mineral water. All these things weren’t available in 1943. Thus the story was also scripted in a similar way so as to keep that feel and therefore we used to think at times about how things would have been easier had it been in the current ages.

Talking about your contemporaries, say Varun Dhawan or Sidharth Malhotra, why do we get so much more news about them on daily basis, whereas for Sushant Singh Rajput we don’t? Is Sushant Singh Rajput not media friendly?

It maybe that Sushant Singh Rajput is very boring. I enjoy spending a lot of time working on the films that I do. I try and work hard to make my character look more convincing. Then whatever time is left I try and spend it with my family. Maybe that’s why you don’t get to see that many stories being published about me everywhere.

The interview went to have a lot more funny moments throughout. This small chit chat with SSR proved to be filled with masti and mazak. So go ahead BollywoodLifers, have a look at the full video interview and enjoy the joy ride with Sushant Singh Rajput just as I did. Watch video!

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http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/movies-to-watch-this-week-detective-byomkesh-bakshy/#respondWed, 01 Apr 2015 16:10:06 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=491124The Sushant Singh Rajput-Anand Tiwari film will get a solo release this Friday. Being a long holiday weekend, this will be a great watch for audiences of all ages…

Synopsis: The film is based on the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi created by the Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay. That’s all that is known about the film so far.

Why should you watch: It is the beauty of Dibakar Banerjee’s promotions and a super loyal crew that he hasn’t let anything out from the film’s story line. The plot has been kept a secret, so much so that even an ardent Byomkesh fan wouldn’t be able to tell you as to from which story (out of the 32) this one has been adapted. That along with some superb actors like Anand Tiwari, Swastika Mukherjee and Sushant Singh Rajput, this film is definitely a must watch. Also it’s a Dibakar Banerjee directorial, so has to be something that’s way different from the rest of the films released this season.

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“Why?” was the question that Dibakar Banerjee asked himself while embarking on the journey of adapting Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! as the youthful, dhoti-clad crime solver in the politically volatile era of 1940s Calcutta.

Something of a childhood dream, his next film is his most ambitious and yet the most difficult project. The director, who has acquired the rights to Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay’s all Byomkesh stories, said his biggest motivation was the curiosity surrounding the unorthodox career choice of this young man in a time when jobs were rare to come by.

Despite its period setting, Dibakar believes, Byomkesh is a man of today. The director is confident that if the film succeeds, it will popularise a true-blue Indian icon as a franchise hero and bring the tradition of Bengal noir back in fashion. The director, who started his cinematic journey with Khosla Ka Ghosla and went on explore diverse contemporary problems in his subsequent projects Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Love Sex Aur Dhokha and Shanghai, said he wanted to begin Byomkesh’s journey from his first case.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!also stars Anand Tiwari and Swastika Mukherjee in principal roles. The movie, produced by Dibakar Banerjee Productions and Yash Raj Films, is set to release on April 3. Here are the excerpts from an interview during his visit:

Why begin from the beginning in Byomkesh?

I wanted to stamp it with my own interpretation. When you go from a book to film, then in the film you can introduce many things. When I and Urmi Juvekar, the scriptwriter, sat down, the first question that we asked ourselves was ‘Why make Byomkesh?’ We realized that we wanted to make Byomkesh because we wanted to know why this young man, fresh out of college, would want to become a detective in 1940s. Why not become a clerk or choose any other profession because it is a very unorthodox choice. Sharadindu has left certain things delightfully unsaid and that’s where a filmmaker comes, between the lines. Slowly, we realized that we wanted to tell the coming-of-age story of Byomkesh, the story of how he became what he became.

You wanted to make the film for a long time. Was it difficult to hold on to the idea for so long?

I have always wanted to make it and knew that I will make it sooner or later. When you make films, you start believing in destiny a bit. No matter how hard you push, you can’t force it. There are too many variables involved for one puny human being to fathom. Films are vague; there are too many people involved, too much money and egos. One learns to be patient.

Will there be a sequel?

Well, the first one has to do well for that. What we are waiting to see is whether a film that does not have a love story and typical action, will work or not. We want to bring back the culture of detective fiction on screen after 50 years. It is a pioneering moment. Also, my secret wish is that we often watch Spiderman, Sherlock Holmes and Batman but we forget that we have many gems hidden in our own cupboards. If we make films on them, our audiences don’t need to go anywhere else. Byomkesh is an Indian icon. I want a true Indian icon to succeed.

What has changed when you wanted to make it first and now?

My experience as a director. It is a tough film in terms of the script and writing. We are reinterpreting, bringing something new. It was a tough one to pull off. You don’t have a good record of period films in India. It involved a lot of research. We shot in Kolkata for 28 days out of the 66 days and then recreated the period on our set in Mumbai.

This film needed a lot of planning. We went to historians, books, architecture of that period and got the oral history from the 90-year-olds who still remember those times.

Did you add things to make it grittier?

The grittiness was there in Sharadindu’s stories. I did not have to work on that count. My aim was to bring the era of Bengal noir back visually. There was a long standing tradition of detective and crime stories since the 1920s there. They were pulp books, you could buy them cheap. They would have these amazing illustrations of a dhoti-clad hero pointing a gun and saree-clad woman swooning in his arms.

There would be a vintage car in the background and a foggy Calcutta street. It was romanticism. Our poster recreates this and our film is also bringing that.

]]>http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-director-dibakar-banerjee-the-first-question-that-i-asked-myself-was-why-make-byomkesh/feed/0Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! song Calcutta Kiss: Watch Lauren Gottlieb’s superb dancing skills in this Sushant Singh Rajput starrerhttp://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/detective-byomkesh-bakshy-song-calcutta-kiss-watch-lauren-gottliebs-superb-dancing-skills-in-this-sushant-singh-rajput-starrer/
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Ever since the trailer of Sushant Singh Rajput’s Detective Byomkesh Bakshy has hit our screens, I can’t wait to watch it! Where the dark, intense and serious plot of the film captivated many through the trailer, the first soundtrack is completely opposite in impact. Jazzy, groovy and upbeat, Calcutta Kiss will instantly lift up spirits of those feeling blue.

If the audio track had left you grooving, the video would make you wanna leave everything and just dance. The song has been sung by Imaad Shah and Saba Anand and performing the cabaret as beautifully as could be is Lauren Gottlieb. Apart from the positive feel which this number possesses, what I like is the fusion of jazz and dub step beats it has. The soundtrack is mixed well and has a flow of an appealing tune and melody.

The lyrics, however, could have been better and hard hitting in my opinion. I was slightly put off by the repeated usage of the phrase “Do you know what time it is?”

The number, on the whole, perfectly complements the era being showcased in the film. As we all know, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy is a detective thriller portraying the pre-independence years (1943) in Kolkata. As soon as I heard Calcutta kiss, it took me back to an era gone by which I believe was the point of the track in the first place.

Well I thoroughly enjoyed this number, now it’s your turn. Have a look at the song and let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Ever since Dibaker Bannerjee’sByomkesh Bakshy!’s trailer has hit our screens, we can’t wait to see what mysteries our detective Sushant Singh Rajput will unravel. The film is about to see its release on April 3 and we hear that along with a thrilling plot, the film also has a sexy dance number lines up in store for us!

The song is called Calcutta Kiss and will be featuring Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa fame Lauren Gottlieb. The international dancer who was seen in the dance show’s sixth season will be performing a sizzling jive sequence to this number. Wow now wouldn’t that be fun to watch! Though the hottie will be seen shaking a leg to the number, she won’t be featuring in the film. An interesting twist in the tale comes in here where people are wondering as to why Lauren was roped in for the dance number, when the venture already features Swastika Mukherjee, a siren herself.

The actress who will be seen playing a seductress in Byomkesh Bakshy! might as well have been approached to perform to Calcutta Kiss. The case however is different, as reported by us. Hmmm, a head scratcher eh?

The makers of Detective Byomkesh Bakshy have come up with a new song from the movie called Bach Ke Bakshy featuring Sushant Singh Rajput. The song is just a promotional song and is meant to create intensity for the character of Byomkesh.

It professes the fact that there is a Byomkesh inside all of us. A Byomkesh who is a Detective and who stands for truth, honesty and what is right. Sushant urges you to find the Byomkesh inside you in the very cool and dynamic Bach Ke Bakshy music video. Sushant has never been seen before to dance this way and his steps are really awesome. The video begins with Sushant in a complete MS Dhoni look and slowly as the beats of the song compel him to dance, he transforms into Bakshy. The beats are fast paced and within minutes you will see a transformation in SSR.

The music of the song has been composed and produced by Sneha Khanwalkar along with Dibakar Banerjee. It has been choreography by Lauren Gottlieb. So go ahead BollywoodLifers, have a look at the video and let us know if you accept Sushant’s challenge to find the inner Bakshy in you.

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http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/sushant-singh-rajput-i-feel-great-when-people-say-that-i-am-a-bankable-star/#commentsWed, 11 Mar 2015 10:10:44 +0000http://www.bollywoodlife.com/?p=482636The actor will be seen essaying the role of a detective in Dibakar Banerjee’s upcoming detective saga…

Sushant Singh Rajput is currently busy with the promotions of his upcoming Dibakar Banerjee directorial, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! The film will see Sushant essay the role of the popular fictional detective in Bengali literature, Byomkesh Bakshi. Keeping in tune with his on-screen character, the actor was asked at a recent promotional event, if he thought that he was big enough name to ride a film completely on his shoulders.

The actor very smartly replied, “I feel great when people say that I am a bankable star. Every actor has humble beginnings and slowly they move up the ladder to become a big name. Since the past 5-6 years, I have dreamt of this day when I would be sitting and speaking to the media and that too in the campus of the biggest production house in India. And with so much riding on me, there is pressure as well to deliver. I have tried my level best and maybe even more to bring life to the character of the legendary Byomkesh Bakshi. I just hope audiences like it as much as we have enjoyed making it.” That’s pretty much every actor’s dream. Hai na?

Now whether Dibakar Banerjee’s gamble on Sushant Singh Rajput will work with the audiences or not, will be known soon. Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! will hit screens on April 3, 2015, and we can’t wait to watch it.